robin wright, thank you. have a nice weekend, happy father's day, brother. >> same to you. >> coming up, remember when darrel issa announced the irs scandal began in washington. well, where's that proof now? is he ever going to show it? or is he going to keep screaming, saying there's corruption here, has to do with obama? the more we see, the investigation is coming apart at the seams. >>> also, who's who of conservative presidential hopefuls -- here's a phrase, on bended knee at the faith and freedom coalition council in washington. but 1,000 miles away and light years away in time and space in chicago, chris christie in new jersey is with bill and hillary at the clinton initiative. christie's known as a problem solver. here's a problem for him to solve. how is he going to convince right wingers to nominate him for president if he's hanging out with bill and hillary and chelsea. >>> time to invoke the mercy rule. the democratic congressional baseball team last night wiped out the republican team. this isn't

joining me is robin wright with the woodrow wilson center and david korn. thank you for joining us. the white house as we all know today is stepping up military aid to the rebels in syria. "the new york times" reports it's likely to mean supplying troops there was small arms and ammunition. heavier weapons have not been ruled out. the today senator king raise add important point where all this could be heading. let's listen to him. >> i'm reluctant and cautious about this because i want to know what the end game is. we've done this before. we've done it three or four times before. and it's just not so easy to go in, you know, with some kind of surgical strike or something like that. and the question is, once we get in, how do we get out? what's our mission? >> what's our mission, by the way, we're no longer having clean hands. you give guns tops somebody, small arms they're called. they're going to shoot at somebody. who are we encouraging people to shoot at with the guns we're giving them in syria. >> obviously the syrian government. the problem is who do we arm and whether this wi

we are joined by foreign affairs analyst and award-winning journalist robin wright. she joins us from our washington bureau. good morning. >> good morning. >> there is now a front runner. there were eight candidates. someone had to get 50%. we're hearing about this name rohani. tell us about him. >> rohani is the only cleric among the six remaining candidates. he is the most centrist or the most open-minded when it comes to issues of political freedoms negotiating with the outside world, and protecting the private lives of iranians. and it's been very interesting to see that he has done so well in this election in the first round with so many candidates. they often end up in a second round a week later. and it looks like he may even get more than half the votes which would make it decisive. >> right. so if he wins in the first round, robin, what do you think that's saying about the iranian electorate at this point? >> well iranians often surprise us in elections. in 1977 they elected a dark horse, head of the national library who turned out to be iran's first reforme

joining me is robin wright with the woodrow wilson center and david korn. thank you for joining us. the white house as we all know today is stepping up military aid to the rebels in syria. "the new york times" reports it's likely to mean supplying troops there was small arms and ammunition. heavier weapons have not been ruled out. the today senator king raise add important point where all this could be heading. let's listen to him. >> i'm reluctant and cautious about this because i want to know what the end game is. we've done this before. we've done it three or four times before. and it's just not so easy to go in, you know, with some kind of surgical strike or something like that. and the question is, once we get in, how do we get out? what's our inition. >> what's our mission, by the way, we're no longer having clean hands. you give guns tops somebody, small arms they're called. they're going to shoot at somebody. who are we encouraging people to shoot at with the guns we're giving them in syria. >> obviously the syrian government. the problem is who do we arm and whether this wi

a long-time friend of mine, robin wright, written a piece for time magnificent sdwle"tima.l qaeda. the weaponry, whatever you provide, may end up in the hand that are sworn enemies of the united states. >> let's talk about the weaponry for a second. a lot of people the past few days talk about how this is essentially the united states giving a bunch of knifes to go fight in a gun fight. >> that's right. and there is a lot of confusion over this inventory lust would be. are we talking about night vision goggles? minor things. what i really think this is about is about the president's credibility. he set out a red line, if chemical weapons were used. i think the president is usidoi the bare minimum. >> how real is the threat that the president and the administration will be dragged into a prolonged quagmire? >> i don't think it will be prolonged. he did say we had a red line, and it's been crossed. we need checks and balances when these situations in foreign policy come up and there is owe personal for prolonged conflict. >> what more could congress have done? >> if we get to

wright is in los angeles with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. paris jackson is said to be physically fine after that apparent suicide attempt and i'm getting the appropriate medical attention and her family is asking for the one thing that it's been toughest to give her since the day she was born, privacy. >> overdose. >> reporter: it came 1:30 a.m. wednesday. a medical emergency at the jackson family home. this time michael jackson's 15-year-old daughter. >> 15, od'd on 20 motrin and cut her arm with a kitchen knife. >> reporter: paris jackson rushed to the hospital by ambulance after apparently taking 20 motrin, cutting her arm and calling a suicide hot line. the person at the other end of the phone called 911. >> hello, face, that's rarely seen in public without makeup. >> reporter: a surprising cry from help by a teen who was video blogging beauty tips. >> i need serious help. i'm crazy. i am crazy. >> reporter: it's almost four years to the day that we first heard her speak. >> just wanted to say -- >> reporter: with that heartbreaking eulo